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Sakamoto Days Anime's 2nd Part Reveals More Cast, Trailer for JCC Transfer Exams Arc
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The staff for the second part of the television anime of Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga revealed three more cast members, as well as a trailer and visual for the JCC Transfer Exams Arc:
The arc begins in the anime's 17th episode on television on August 18 and on Netflix in Japan on Monday.
The newly announced cast includes:
Masaki Watanabe (KADO - The Right Answer, Bartender, several Battle Spirits anime) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Taku Kishimoto (BLUELOCK, Haikyu!!, Moriarty the Patriot) is overseeing the series scripts, and Yō Moriyama (Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone) is the character designer.
Rock band Kroi perform the new opening theme song "Method." go!go!vanillas perform the new theme ending theme song "Dandelion."
The anime premiered on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels on January 11, and the series also debuted on Netflix on January 11.
Suzuki published a one-shot titled "Sakamoto" in Jump Giga in December 2019, and then launched the main manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in November 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 23rd compiled book volume on August 4. The manga began its "final battle" on August 4.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the manga:
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villaines and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! the chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!
Viz Media is also publishing the manga in print.
Source: Press release
